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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2004

Figures for 2004, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

The lower secondary completion rate is the share of young people who have finished lower secondary school, measured a few years after the age they should have. It is the middle rung of the schooling ladder, between finishing primary and finishing upper secondary.

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2004 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.91; Burundi is lowest, at 5.70. The middle country reads 70.54. Against 2003, 153 values changed (143 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2004

HighestSouth Korea

99.91

LowestBurundi

5.70

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2004, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 160 countries · select a heading to sort

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2004: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.9199.91599.9053
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.6599.69699.6056
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.5799.56599.5749
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.5499.55699.5258
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.4999.48699.4961
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.2599.25099.2503
7BelarusBLREastern Europe99.1399.24899.0175
8TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.1098.98899.2078
9SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe98.9798.93998.9994
10KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia98.9299.05998.7791
11IcelandISLNorthern Europe98.7998.75898.8379
12SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe98.7799.04198.5107
13LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe98.7699.11098.4197
14UkraineUKREastern Europe98.7199.02898.4079
15RussiaRUSEastern Europe98.6199.26597.9651
16BarbadosBRBCaribbean98.5998.41198.7705
17ArmeniaARMWestern Asia98.4798.98197.9211
18CanadaCANNorthern America98.3098.72797.8974
19LatviaLVANorthern Europe98.0598.95297.1816
20SwedenSWENorthern Europe98.0197.98998.0294
21MaltaMLTSouthern Europe97.9897.90298.0523
22SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe97.8997.99997.7790
23SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe97.7798.14797.4074
24CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe97.7197.40198.0106
25KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia97.4297.61897.2080

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1South Korea99.91
  2. 2United Kingdom99.65
  3. 3Denmark99.57
  4. 4Finland99.54
  5. 5Norway99.49

Lowest

  1. 160Burundi5.70
  2. 159Niger5.76
  3. 158Mozambique6.35
  4. 157South Sudan6.88
  5. 156Burkina Faso8.76

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 70.54. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 153values changed, of 160 in both
  • 143 · 10rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 159 distinct values among 160

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 32.61. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2004). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2004

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